Curtis Vance Mathis, 36, Sentenced to 11+ Years for Sex Trafficking 13-Year-Old Girl
A 36-year-old man who trafficked a 13-year-old girl out of a hotel room in Irving, Texas, has been sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
Curtis Vance Mathis was indicted in December 2019 and pleaded guilty to sex trafficking of children in June 2021. He was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Ed Kinkeade to 135 months in prison.
The crimes took place in November 2019, when Mathis met the child and began posting her for commercial sex on websites and thereafter took the proceeds. After a disagreement, the child left, but returned to him only a few weeks later.
On November 4, 2019, Mathis brought the child to a hotel room in Irving, where she met with multiple customers, including, allegedly, Kention Johnson and Sergio Carvajal. (Johnson and Carvajal have both been charged with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking and sex trafficking of children; their cases are pending and they remain innocent until proven guilty in court.)
Agents later reviewed surveillance video from the hotel and observed Mathis rent a room, escort the child upstairs, leave her there, and then return after her customers departed to retrieve cash.
Homeland Security Investigations’ Dallas Field Office conducted the investigation with assistance from the Fort Worth Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Myria Boehm prosecuted the case with help from Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rebekah Ricketts (fmr.) and Cara Foos Pierce (fmr.).
Key Facts
- State: Texas
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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